Jun 13, 2009 1:34 pm US/Pacific
Layoffs Mean Schools Lose New Breed Of Teachers
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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This teacher has only been drinking water since last Wednesday and says that he continues to teach, despite the hunger strike. (File)
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About 2,100 teachers in Los Angeles are slated to loose their jobs by next school year.
That's a 5 percent hit to the nation's second-largest school district. Worse, the layoffs are concentrated in some of the city's grittiest neighborhoods.
The Los Angeles Unified School District's inner-city schools have higher turnover and tend to hire more new teachers. State education code mandates that layoffs be issued based on seniority.
School districts across the nation are facing similar financial crunches, but many have avoided painful layoffs with the help of federal stimulus funds.
California, however, is mired in a budget crisis and, despite the influx of federal money, is still moving to lay off thousands.
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